So, you’ve got your band candy for trick or treaters, you’re dressed as Red Riding Hood, and you’ve planned a Buffy marathon to celebrate Halloween, but you realise 144 episodes in one evening is a bit of a stretch. Every episode of Buffy is suitable watching for Halloween night (apart from Doublemeat Palace. Double meat is not double sweet), but here are some episodes that are particularly Halloweeny.
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Hodder & Stoughton have been the publisher of Mary Stewart from her first book to her last. In some circles, Mary was best known for her mid-century gothic romances, thirteen brilliant, genre-defining novels of romantic suspense. In fantasy circles, however, she may be best known for her five Arthurian Saga novels. To honour Mary’s 100th birthday, we have rejacketed every single one of her novels (and brought a long-lost novella back into print). Today we’re delighted to reveal the new covers for her classic novels of Merlin and Arthur.
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Welcome to a throwback, but not on a Thursday. Emily Kitchin (fellow book lover and editor of many a Chapter 5 – our YA community – novel) and I recently discussed our teenage love of the Point Horror novels, they were pretty much the gateway books to …

We’ve delved into the Hodder vaults and retrieved a terrifying stack of spooky reads, including books by Stephen King, John Connolly and Sarah Lotz. Now we’re spreading the terror with a special Halloween giveaway.
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